This quilt was made by Margaret Gorman who is a home economics teacher at Morton East High School, Cicero, Illinois, and member of Local 571 of the IFT/AFT. Her activities include active membership on the Women's Rights Committee of the Illinois...

BELLE OF THE BENDS, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (210 ft. x 32.6 ft. x 7.4 ft.), was built at Howard in 1898. Owned by Vicksburg & Greenville Packet Co., BELLE OF THE BENDS operated on the lower Mississippi River between Greenville and...

Long room with high ceilings and a decorative carpet. Upholstered chairs line the wall on the right with a banister and chandeliers visible in the background. Title: New York and Vicinity. Text on left: American Scenery. Text on right: American...

ISLAND MAID, a stern-wheel excursion boat with wood hull (190 ft. x 36 ft. x 5 ft.), was originally built by Howard as G.W. HILL in 1909. In 1923, she was sold to Coney Island Co. in Cincinnati, Ohio and renamed ISLAND MAID. After a fire in spring...

MORNING STAR, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (225 ft. x 38 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1901. Owned by Louisville & Evansville Packet Co., MORNING STAR operated on the Ohio River between Louisville and Evansville until 1910 when she was...

BLUFF CITY, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (225 ft. x 42 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1896. Owned by Anchor Line, she operated on the Mississippi River between St. Louis and New Orleans. BLUFF CITY was the last boat, and the only...

DEMOPOLIS, a propeller towboat with steel hull (140 ft. x 24 ft. x 8 ft.), was built at Howard in 1920. Owned by Inland Waterways Corporation in St. Louis, she operated on the Warrior River and was dismantled in 1952.

CITY OF CINCINNATI, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (300 ft. x 38 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1899. Owned by Louisville & Cincinnati Packet Co., CITY OF CINCINNATI operated on the Ohio River opposite the City of Louisville. Every day at...

Overhead view, looking aft, of an 18 ft. motorboat, with an inboard gasoline powered engine, built and raced by James E. "Captain Jim" Howard. The boat is sitting on white or light-colored cloths on the ground.

JAMES LEE, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (230 ft. x 43 ft. x 7 ft.), was built at Howard in 1898. Owned by Lee Line in Memphis, Tennessee, JAMES LEE operated on the lower Mississippi River between Memphis and Friars Point, Mississippi. ...

Miriam Gobstoob Canter [...], Chicago, Illinois 60615. Daughter and daughter-in-law of union leaders. Brought up in a union family and mother of children who are either union members or union-minded. 'I'll never cross a picket line, nor will I ever...